"The Piano Tuner"

[Fred S. Sturm]

    Another book of interest is "The Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason - published
within the last year or so. It is the tale of a piano tuner sent by the British
government to the jungles of Burma in the late 1800's to repair an Erard grand
for an eccentric doctor/diplomat. Lovely descriptions of Burma, interesting and
generally "not bad" descriptions of piano work. I enjoyed it.
    The author is a med student who spent time in Burma. In acknowledgments he
says he was helped by David Skolnick and Ben Treuhaft.
Regards,
Fred Sturm

Jeff Tanner wrote:

> Hi Alan,
> For a class of this perspective, I would recommend that the book "The Piano
> Shop on the Left Bank", by Thad Carhart (2001), be required reading.  It
> was recently recommended to me by one of our piano professors who
> accidentally happened upon it, and I purchased it this week.  I'm only
> about 1/4 through the book, but can already see the value it would have for
> anyone who has even a passing interest in the piano!
>
> I don't do much book reading, but I have found it quite enchanting
> (particularly from our perspective!).
>
> Jeff
>
> Alan McCoy wrote:
> >The idea I have for the class is basically to enhance communication between
> >pianists and technicians. So many pianists are clueless about their
> >instrument. I want to address that so that especially piano majors know what
> >is possible for a given piano and know how to ask for it. So my aim is not
> >to train someone to be a technician, but to teach about the piano from a
> >technical perspective. I will most likely approach this from a practical
> >point of view covering things like naming notes (D5 instead of "the D two
> >octaves above mid C), historical temperaments, naming piano parts, knowing
> >how actions work, pulling in a unison, answering the basic questions we all
> >hear (how often should I tune....etc) that sort of thing.
> >
> >Alan
>
> Jeff Tanner
> Piano Technician
> School of Music
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> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
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>
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